This is the first study of lectern icons in Byzantium, post-Byzantium, and early Russian Christianity. Lectern icons are the special type of small icons with their specific iconography, painting style and technology of production. The author describes the history of the role of these icons in the Church in relation to changes in the liturgy in the Byzantine and Russian Churches. 183 plates. 156 illustrations. Contents, annotation, list of plates and illustrations are in English. Appednices. (1.420 kg)